Kobolyev has his hands full -- and not just because at just 36, he runs a company that employs 175,000 and accounts for one-eighth of his country’s GDP. He took the reins at Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas company in March, a week after his predecessor was arrested on corruption charges and in the midst of his country’s bitter conflict with Russia, which also is Ukraine’s main gas supplier.
Fortune: 40 under 40 – Andriy Kobolyev
Chief executive of Ukrainian state-owned gas firm Naftogaz Andriy Kobolev phones walks on the bank of Danube in Budapest on June 18.